The four group winners qualify for the knockout phase, which features single-legged ties, again with no extra-time being played.
Thirty-four teams competing in the two professional tiers of Portuguese football for the 2019–20 season are eligible to participate in this competition.
For teams that were either promoted or related, the final position in the previous league season determines in which round they enter the competition.
Games tied at the end of regular time were decided by a penalty shootout with no extra-time being played.
Games tied at the end of regular time were decided by a penalty shootout with no extra-time being played.
Notes: In the third round, the twelve second-round winners joined the four top-ranked teams from the 2018–19 Primeira Liga: Benfica (1st), Porto (2nd), Sporting CP (3rd) and Braga (4th).
[3] The knockout phase was contested as a final-four tournament by the four third-round group winners in one-legged semi-finals and final.
As in the first and second round, games tied at the end of regular time were decided by a penalty shootout with no extra-time being played.